Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2014 World Poker Tour National Valkenburg
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Poker Tour National Valkenburg
Buy-in
€500
Prize Pool
€194,970
Entries
402
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Snijder Knocks Van Wijk Out
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
We just got word of Jorrit van Wijk's elimination and the player in question was kind enough to share the info with us.
Willem Snijder raised before the flop and the player on his left called after which Van Wijk moved all in for 6,500 chips. The action folded back around to Snijder who moved all in for 10,000 and the third player folded after some hesitation.
Van Wijk: 
Snijder: 
The board ran out 
and Van Wijk hit the rail despite hitting a pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Ace Queen for Van Es
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Rene van Es just raised before the flop to 1,100 under the gun and no less than four players, including Egi Adriaans in the big blind, made the call.
The flop came down 
and the first three players checked after which the player in position bet 2,575. Van Es was the only player to call and on the turn, the 
, and the river, the 
, the action was checked.
Van Es showed 
and raked in the pot with a pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000 |
Dinner Break Part 1
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Half of the remaining players are now on a one-hour dinner break, while the other half carries on.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 75
A Small Pot For Shanti
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Shanti Lievré is one of the many women who showed up for today's Day 1 flight and we just saw her rake in small pot on the flop. Lievré raised before the flop to 1,125 and was called by both blinds including Giorgio La Iacona in the big blind.
The flop brought out 
and both Lievré's' opponent folded when she bet 1,500 after the action was checked to her.
Lievré's' sitting on around 40,000 chips right now and that's a decent stack heading into the night with about five more hours left to play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 |
Plens Gets Sikma to Fold
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
Germ Sikma raised to 1,350 and the player to his immediate left called after which the action quickly folded to Alwin Plens. Plens three-bet to 3,250 and Sikma was the only one interested in making the call.
The flop brought out 
and Plens continued with a bet of 5,200, Sikma called. On the turn the 
hit and both quickly checked immediately.
The river brought the 
and Plens bet another 7,200, but this time Sikman wasn't interested. He folded and Plens raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
40,000 |
Post Keeps Pushing
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
The board read 
when we saw Zeus Post put in a bet of 6,600, which was called by his opponent. Post quickly showed 
and his straight was strong enough to take this pot down.
Post's among the chip leaders and sitting on around 100,000 chips right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Down to 183
Level 7
: 250/500, 75 ante
We are now down to 183 players out of the 220 that started, which means that the current average stack is 36,000 chips.